Senior IT Infrastructure Engineer - Contract

KO2 Embedded Recruitment Solutions LTD; Motherwell; On-site; GBP 72,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

KO2 Embedded Recruitment Solutions LTD is seeking a hands-on Senior IT Infrastructure Engineer for a 6‑month contract in Scotland. You will own physical moves, server room work, and migration planning as part of a major M&A integration.

You'll manage Dell servers, Windows Server, Hyper-V/VMware, and Cisco Meraki, while mentoring junior staff and coordinating with vendors. This is a fast-paced, on-site role across Scotland sites.

Qualifications

• Senior IT Infrastructure Engineer with complex legacy environments.
• Experience in regulated sectors (FS, healthcare, life sciences, defence) preferred.
• Hands-on hardware in server and comms rooms; racking and cabling skills.
• Proficient with Dell servers, Windows Server, Hyper-V/VMware and networking.
• Experience with SaaS tenancy migrations and identity platforms (AD/Entra ID).

Responsibilities

• Assess legacy infrastructure and design pragmatic migration and remediation plans.
• Physically relocate legacy equipment between sites; rack, unrack and cabling.
• Commission new server rooms with racks, hardware population and cabling.
• Manage Dell servers, Windows Server, and virtualization environments.
• Configure and maintain NAS storage and backup using Veeam.
• Configure Cisco Meraki networking including firewalls and VLANs.
• Mentor junior team members and support migrations across tenants.
• Act as escalation point; coordinate with PMs, security teams and vendors.

Skills

Mentoring

Senior-level experience

Infrastructure

Tools

Dell servers

Windows Server

Hyper-V/VMware

QNAP NAS

Cisco Meraki

Veeam

AD/Entra ID

SaaS migrations

Job description

Contract - Senior IT Infrastructure Engineer - 6 Month Contract - Inside IR35 - Scotland

Up to 650 per day Inside IR35 Motherwell + travel across Scotland sites 6 Months (view to extend)

Do you thrive on solving infrastructure chaos rather than just maintaining it? We're looking for a hands-on Senior IT Infrastructure Engineer to join a major M&A integration programme, taking legacy infrastructure and bringing it into a stable, standardised, target-state environment.

This is not a desk-based architecture role. You'll be in server rooms and comms rooms, racking and cabling hardware, planning and executing physical relocations, and untangling years of legacy network sprawl - while also mentoring a team that's relying on you to leave things in better shape than you found them.

THE ROLE

You'll be joining a global pharmaceutical business as it integrates a newly acquired company's IT estate. Expect a fast-moving, six-month programme with genuine ownership from day one - this is a role for someone who can hit the ground running and needs minimal hand-holding.

Key responsibilities:

• Assess legacy infrastructure and design pragmatic, low-risk migration and remediation plans


• Physically relocate legacy equipment between sites - racking, unracking, cabling and re-cabling comms rooms


• Commission new server rooms, including racks, hardware population and structured cabling


• Manage Dell servers, Windows Server and virtualisation (Hyper-V/VMware) across both environments


• Configure and maintain QNAP NAS storage


• Own backup and restore using Veeam - monitoring jobs, performing restores, and supporting active migrations


• Configure and troubleshoot Cisco Meraki networking (MX/MS/MR), including firewalls, VLANs and segmentation


• Tidy up and restructure legacy network environments


• Support SaaS and tenancy migrations, including moving services from legacy to new tenants, and identity platform work across AD and Entra ID


• Act as a senior escalation point, working closely with project managers, security teams and vendors


• Mentor and upskill junior members of the in-house IT team, ensuring knowledge transfer ahead of handover

WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR

• Proven, senior-level experience as an Infrastructure Engineer within a mid-to-large, established organisation with complex, bespoke, or "grown organically" legacy environments


• Experience in a regulated sector (e.g. financial services, healthcare, life sciences or defence) with a solid understanding of handling sensitive data securely, particularly during data transfers


• Strong hands-on experience with Dell servers, Windows Server, Hyper-V/VMware, QNAP NAS and Cisco Meraki


• Solid networking fundamentals (TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, routing, ACLs)


• Proven track record of physical infrastructure work: racking, cabling, and site relocations


• Experience with SaaS tenancy migrations and identity platforms (AD/Entra ID)


• Prior involvement in M&A, infrastructure transformation, or large-scale integration programmes is highly desirable


• A natural mentor - comfortable leading and upskilling less experienced colleagues without steamrolling them


• Calm, structured and professional under pressure - a safe pair of hands rather than a firefighter


• Full UK driving licence

LOCATION & WORKING PATTERN

Based primarily at our client's Motherwell site, with the flexibility to work from other Scotland-based sites as the programme requires. When work is taking place at a particular site, you'll typically be based there for the full day (or week) rather than commuting between locations, so this role suits someone within a genuinely commutable distance of these sites across the Central Belt.

This is a 5 day a week, fully on-site role - please only apply if you're able to commit to this on a sustained basis for the duration of the contract.

THE DETAILS

• Contract: 6 months (start date late September 2026)


• Rate: Up to 650 per day, Inside IR35


• Location: Motherwell, with travel to other Scotland sites


• Driving licence: Required